Guy Berger

My family spent about a year and a half in the States in the mid 80s. During this period I became a Transformers fan. We moved back to Israel in the summer of '86. I was extremely pumped when, shortly thereafter, Israeli TV started airing the show. Better yet, it was translated with subtitles rather than overdubbing. Guy

Not quite unreleased -- but previous versions were edited. Now that you've listened to it, what was taken out on previous issued versions? Is it just bass and drum solos, or part of Coltrane and McCoy's solos? Guy There is a comment in the liner notes that the bass solo was for the most part so badly distorted on the tapes that it's not usable, so most of it is edited out. according to the notes, that's all that's missing, purely because it couldn't be rescued. So the bass solo isn't in the newly released version either? What's the substantive difference between the two versions? The old one is 15:52, the new one is 23:30. edit: Apparently "I Want to Talk About You" is over a minute longer on the new release as well. Is this just crowd noise? Guy

No need to take such a nasty tone. The '61 Newport performance was in fact recorded, supposedly with excellent sound: setlist: My Favorite Things/Naima/Impressions (announced as "So What") personnel: John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Art Davis, and Elvin Jones

Not quite unreleased -- but previous versions were edited. Now that you've listened to it, what was taken out on previous issued versions? Is it just bass and drum solos, or part of Coltrane and McCoy's solos? Guy

Not sure I understand the logic unless you place a high premium on RVG's remastering. New Soil is widely available, Tippin' the Scales is not. Guy

Apparently, this is not quite true. Guy

Definitely true. I'd be glad if someone would tackle this point. Guy

Huge improvement. All of the boxes Concord has produced of the Fantasy-owned material have been exemplary in terms of concept, remastering, packaging, and price. This is a public service announcement: FUCK CONCORD!!! Now back to regularly scheduled programming. Guy

Eric Kloss also has a really funky version of this tune, with Chick Corea, Pat Martino, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Jack is just great on this tune. Guy

Yeah, I'd only call Hendrix a music genius. American popular music tastes are so low that the "genius" label is tossed about casually. I don't think it's just in music. I also don't know if this happens just in America, though I suppose it's possible. Guy

A wise man. Guy

How familiar are you with the WSJ editorial page? It's very different from the rest of the paper. Guy

In Chris May's AAJ review of The Thelonious Monk Trio (a classic, must-hear album), he writes: Now, it is an indisputable fact that Monk slowed down as a composer. (This happened well before 1960.) It is also a commonly held opinion (though not a consensus) that Monk's pre-Columbia music is better than his Columbia music. There are lots of interesting explanations for why people hold this opinion and it's fully worthy of discussion in a different thread. But what I'm interested in is the argument that Monk's playing deteriorated in the 1960s. While I've only heard a few of his Columbia recordings, I don't hear it. This may be because I'm listening to the wrong recordings or because my amateur ears aren't discerning enough to pick it up. On the other hand, May might be wrong. It might be simply a case where the knowledge of history (he knows what came first) biases him toward Monk's early playing. Or worse yet, he's simply letting the conventional wisdom about Monk's music leak onto his assessment of Monk's playing. Anyway, enough babble from me. Those of you in the know -- is May right or wrong? Did Monk's playing deteriorate in the 60s? Guy

Happy bday, Robert. Guy

I got this last fall but only listened to it this week. A very, very good album. Guy

Despite being a huge fan as a kid, I'm not planning on seeing the Transformers movie. That said, a premiere with a real live dinobot would change my mind. :rsmile: Guy

I've always thought it was amazing that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day (within a few hours of each other). It was the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which was drafted by a committee that included both. Guy

I hope it was the copy editor that screwed up Blakey's name... link

Tom, good luck. Be sure to let us know how this develops. Guy

Freakin' Brian Cardenal makes that much? He had a very good season with the Warriors a few years back and finagled a nice contract out of it. Since then he's accomplished zilch. My impression from following the Warriors is that players like Walton, Cardinal and Matt Barnes are very replaceable if your team is run competently. There's no reason to pay them more than 1 or 2 M, and there's always a sucker who will pay more than that. Guy

It's not a bad date, but surely there are many Morgan recordings to pick up before this one. Guy

If so, it's a shame. David Wild was much better. Once someone picks this up, they should do an A/B with the original. It wouldn't surprise me if they edited out the bass and drum solos. Guy

It's what it takes. A few other SF types, some better matches than others: Dunleavy - 8.2 Turkoglu - 6.4 Hapring - 6.0 Brian Cardenal - 5.8 Battier - 5.8 So Luke Walton is not the only overpaid role player in the NBA. I don't think Kwame is still on his rookie contract -- he's been in the league for 6 years. Anyway, previous worse decisions by the Lakers' management don't excuse this bad one. Guy

I shouldn't complain; as a non-European, non-farmer I possibly benefit from subsidized produce. Guy

Out of curiosity, why? Guy